November 09, 1861

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Features

Woolen Belting and its Manufacture

Notes on Military and Naval Affairs

Order of Studies

The Spectrum

New Tool for Tailors and Seamstresses

Mortising Auger

Remarkable Boiler Explosion

Some Facts in the History of Chemistry

By Seely

The McCormick Reaper Extension Case

De Brame's Skeleton Cannon—Successful Experiment

The Commissioner's Decision in McCormick's Extension Case

The Condition of our Soldiers

Completion of the Pacific Telegraph

Fifteen Thousand Patents Secured through Our Agency

Perkins' Steam Gun Again

The Next Number

The Warmest and Best Clothing

Chemistry of Iron

The Spectroscope in New York

Steam Battering Rams

New York Markets

Recent American Inventions

Notes on Foreign Inventions

Patent Claims - November 9, 1861

Issued from the United States Patent Office

Departments

Departments

Notes and Queries - November 9, 1861

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